Phil Mickelson skipped practice at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., but plans to be back in time for his Thursday morning tee time.

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GARY MIHOCES
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Phil Mickelson left the U.S. Open venue at Merion Golf Club and flew back to California to attend his daughter's eighth-grade graduation on Wednesday. The five-time Open runner-up says he'll be back from his coast-to-coast-to-coast gallop for an early tee time Thursday.

"I'll be ready to go Thursday," Mickelson said in a statement released Tuesday via the United States Golf Association. ...